Description: Grub Legacy Bootsplash created from an original image created by Oliver Amrein (oenvoyage@gmail.com) Image downloaded from http://www.blender.org/features-gallery/art-gallery/ with no user copyright notices posted or otherwise identified with the image or on the hosted site.Last changelog:
Description updated to denote that this is a Grub 'Legacy' boot splash.
It could say more if, instead of "Time for Linux", it showed "Time for GNU" or "Time for GNU/Linux"...
Remember: the system is not a kernel only. The system is GNU; the kernel is Linux. We do wrong when, over and over, repeat the mistaken name for this beauty, given by a very wide community.
Repeat over the net, please... We can change the wrong, let's do it! ;-)
I'm assuming this image would show up once applied when I get to Grub in the boot process and choosing the OS to use. If so, how do i use this to be displayed instead of the blue background?
Assuming you haven't figured this out yet...
As root, create a directory under /boot/grub (I called mine splashimages)
As root, copy the *.gz file to this directory.
As root, edit the /boot/grub/menu.lst file.
Add the following entry (I put it below default 0 and above ## timeout sec):
# splashimage
splashimage=(hdx,y)/boot/grub/splashimages/watch.xpm.gz
Note: Replace x and y in (hdx,y) in the above line with the numbers you see in the # groot=(hdx,y) entry)
Thank you for the feedback.
I didn't want to muck with the actual image, even though no copyright was provided by the original artist. This is a very clean Grub bootsplash, and the simple "Time for Linux" says it all.
Edit /etc/default/grub file. Find the line starting with "#GRUB_THEME" and change it to "GRUB_THEME=/boot/grub/themes/[THEME_FOLDER]/[theme.txt]" (replace [THEME_FOLDER] ; [theme.txt] is probably OK ; remove "[]" brackets)
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@aldobelus, The system I use is not a kernel and GNU only. There should be "Time for GNU/systemd/Linux. Or GNU/systemd/gtk/linux
It could say more if, instead of "Time for Linux", it showed "Time for GNU" or "Time for GNU/Linux"... Remember: the system is not a kernel only. The system is GNU; the kernel is Linux. We do wrong when, over and over, repeat the mistaken name for this beauty, given by a very wide community. Repeat over the net, please... We can change the wrong, let's do it! ;-)
Do I do the same as above to change my screen image? I'm using Fedora 13 KDE.
I'm assuming this image would show up once applied when I get to Grub in the boot process and choosing the OS to use. If so, how do i use this to be displayed instead of the blue background?
Assuming you haven't figured this out yet... As root, create a directory under /boot/grub (I called mine splashimages) As root, copy the *.gz file to this directory. As root, edit the /boot/grub/menu.lst file. Add the following entry (I put it below default 0 and above ## timeout sec): # splashimage splashimage=(hdx,y)/boot/grub/splashimages/watch.xpm.gz Note: Replace x and y in (hdx,y) in the above line with the numbers you see in the # groot=(hdx,y) entry)
Pic's design really great :) More "linux touch" would make it better in IMHO. Like, hum.. a tux sign somewhere in the swatch!
Thank you for the feedback. I didn't want to muck with the actual image, even though no copyright was provided by the original artist. This is a very clean Grub bootsplash, and the simple "Time for Linux" says it all.